ChemComm is publishing its 60th volume in 2024. Over the past 60 years, ChemComm has been the RSC’s most cited journal, and one of the most trusted venues for rapid publication of short communications. In our anniversary year, we recognise the important contributions ChemComm has made, and continues to make, in advancing the chemical sciences.
As part of our anniversary celebrations, we’ve brought together a collection featuring the latest research from some of our most loyal and dedicated authors. From those marking the beginning of their independent academic career by publishing their first article with us, to the rising stars and established leaders publishing in our yearly ‘Emerging Investigators’ and ‘Pioneering Investigators’ collections, this collection champions the contributions of our worldwide author community. We are proud many authors choose to support our journal by regularly publishing their best work with us. This collection also features papers from our ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship winners, and our Outstanding Reviewer awardees, whose invaluable feedback has shaped our published content through the years.
To accompany the collection, we’ll be publishing biographies and interviews with contributing authors where they provide further insight into their research and reflect on their journey with ChemComm.
Check out Prof Qian Miao’s biography below and be sure to read his communication, “A new armchair carbon nanobelt synthesized by tuning the regioselectivity of the Scholl reaction of quinquephenyl”, now published in ChemComm!
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Prof. Qian MIAO graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a B.S. in 2000. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2005 under the direction of Prof. Colin Nuckolls and was a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Fred Wudl at University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) as an Assistant Professor in 2006, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012, and became a Full Professor in 2016. His research interests include the design and synthesis of novel polycyclic aromatic molecules with interesting structures and useful applications, exploring novel molecular nanocarbons and developing high-performance organic semiconductor materials and devices using tools from organic synthesis, and supramolecular and surface chemistry. He is an Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, CUHK, and the recipient of the Chemical Society of Japan Lectureship Award 2020 and the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2019. |
How would you describe the peer review process and interaction with the editorial team at ChemComm?
As an author, I appreciate the swift review process, which consistently provided feedback within a couple of weeks for my previous submissions. As a reviewer, I appreciate the proactive communication from the editorial team regarding the decision on the submission reviewed by myself. This is in fact not commonly seen in other journals.
